سہیلی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सखि (sakhi, “friend, companion”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo, from the root *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦeː.liː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

سَہیلی • (sahelī) f (Hindi spelling सहेली)

1. female friend, companion

   Synonym: دوست (dost)

Declension

Declension of سہیلی
	singular	plural
direct	سہیلی (sahelī)	سہیلیاں (saheliyā̃)
oblique	سہیلی (sahelī)	سہیلیوں (saheliyō̃)
vocative	سہیلی (sahelī)	سہیلیو (saheliyō)

References

• “سہیلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سہیلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.